STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Like many Internet users, Dylan Kirdahy, 17, was tired of keeping track of his various passwords for websites.

As an ambitious Staten Island Technical High School student, Kirdahy set out to develop a fingerprinting system that would securely preserve all his passwords, and at the same time make life easier.

"I realized that my security online was really not that great, and I only had three different passwords. And if I made more complex and secure passwords I wouldn't be able to remember them," he said.

This led to Kirdahy's prototype for Imprint, a portable USB device that stores all your passwords and allows you to login to any website on a computer with just your fingerprint.

"All you have to do is plug Imprint in, go to the login page, scan your finger and it will log you in," he said, noting there are several protoypes for Imprint, but the final version will be the size of a USB thumb drive.

"You'll be able to put it on your key chain and take it wherever you want," he added.

Kirdahy and Ou also recruited seven other Staten Island Tech students -- many from the school's robotics team who are between the ages of 15 and 17 -- to round out the team for Wave. They are: Anthony Striano, Daniel Moses, Abigail Brown, Bahira Ahmed, Maitreya Yogeshwar, Elizabeth Albano and Allen Ravitsky.

"This is really exciting. When I developed the first prototype for Imprint I never thought I would get anywhere near this far with it," said Kirdahy. "Leading a company with my best friends is my dream come true."

"We have been working on new and better prototypes, and we are getting ready to market Imprint," said Kirdahy. "We are collecting data right now and defining our target demographic."

The team is also in the process of getting a patent for Imprint, and hoping to recruit investors for the product launch.

"We hope to have a Kickstarter campaign by the beginning of next year and have the product fully launched by March of 2015," said Ou, noting the team is also working on a "wearable" wristband version of Imprint.

After Imprint is on the market, the Wave crew hopes to develop more innovative products that will simplify life for computer users in the digital age.

"The goal for Wave is to create more products that make life easier and bring the future of tech into consumers hands," said Kirdahy.